(By Guest Blogger: Ciara Cheriese) Who else was dumbfounded, when you discovered that having kids means doing homework again? Well, I’m fine if I’m the only one raising her hand. All I know is I was totally caught off guard. It’s not that I had a problem helping my daughter with her homework. It was… Continue reading We Have a Project Due Tomorrow
Category: School
How to REALLY Make Reading FUN (for the Unmotivated Child)
Here we are, 4 months after my first post about motivating my kids to read. You can probably guess where we’re at; maybe your situation is similar. (see ‘The Power of NO’ with a FREE printable Reading Reward Chart!) I have one girl who is so excited about school and motivated to read. Their school… Continue reading How to REALLY Make Reading FUN (for the Unmotivated Child)
New Fun Ways to Learn Math Facts with Kids
I know we usually focus on the reading side of education for our kids around here at Candy Lemon Books. But I am increasingly aware of the need to practice math facts with my kids… outside of school. Last year we learned from the teachers that there was no time for math facts to be… Continue reading New Fun Ways to Learn Math Facts with Kids
5 Easy Ways to Help Kids with Reading Comprehension
Have you ever read something… and then completely forgotten what you just read? I call this “zoning out” and I do it a lot. I recently switched to audio books and it has helped improve my focus. But even still, unless a book is really interesting or captivating, it is really easy to “zone out”… Continue reading 5 Easy Ways to Help Kids with Reading Comprehension
5 Back to School Hacks
We survived our first week back to school face-to-face. After 18 months of doing school at home, it may take us awhile to get used to leaving in the morning. Lunch boxes were forgotten and water bottles lost at school. But after a week of getting back into it, we have learned a few things… Continue reading 5 Back to School Hacks
Learn to Type Sight Words
We are so excited to introduce Typing Llamas to the world. This new book helps kids not only learn to touch type (keyboarding) but also how to read (and type) sight words along the way. I don’t need to tell you how important it will be for kids to know how to type fast in… Continue reading Learn to Type Sight Words
Parent’s Guide to Reading Fluency
I have always thought my kids were great readers. From the time they could barely make out words to now when they are reading most books in our house, I thought my kids were always right on track! Enter… THE THIRD GRADE!! I started to notice my daughter sounded a bit choppier in her reading,… Continue reading Parent’s Guide to Reading Fluency
Teaching Typing to Kids
When my kids went on spring break last March (2020)… and then NEVER WENT BACK… I had one burning question. Why have we not been teaching them TYPING from day one?? Although I am always surprised by the technological skills my kids already have, the pandemic has been a great eye-opener as to what life… Continue reading Teaching Typing to Kids
What Happened to Cursive?
I remember painstakingly practicing cursive writing in the 2nd grade. Hours were spent on the 3 lined paper, focusing carefully on the middle dotted line. I was really anxious to go into the 3rd grade where I heard you had to do ALL your papers and writing in cursive. This seemed an insurmountable task. It… Continue reading What Happened to Cursive?
Is Covid Slide the New Summer Slide?
Ever since my kids entered kindergarten, I kept hearing buzz of summer slide. What is that? With their minds idle, I learned that learning loss can occur over the summer months. The more I read about it, the more worried I became about making sure to enrich the children during the off summer months. This… Continue reading Is Covid Slide the New Summer Slide?